PEORIA — Peoria County will not get into the business of regulating craft breweries or wineries, preferring to use its own zoning ordinances instead.

By a unanimous vote, the county’s land use committee voted Tuesday not to recommend a proposed ordinance that would have made a new set of codes and regulations for microbreweries. The move effectively kills the measure, as the full board will not take it up at its meeting next month.

“The ordinance was getting into the specifics of how many gallons of wine a person could make,” she said after the meeting. “Regulations like that might discourage someone from doing business here.”

Without the measure, anyone opening such a business would be regulated under the existing building codes or regulations.

Earlier this month, the city of Peoria approved similar regulations.

Sharon Williams, another board member on the committee, echoed Trumpe’s thoughts and added such an ordinance, likely the only one of its kind in the state, would have gone against the desire of regional officials to attract younger people to the area, as such businesses often appeal to younger entrepreneurs.

Also, the committee approved a resolution accepting a $77,000 state grant that will go for the development of a bike path near Hanna City. For several years, the county, and Farmington, Hanna City and Fulton County, have been exploring options for a bike trail on unused train tracks.

The trail would begin near Bellevue and end about 25 miles west near Middle Grove in Fulton County.

The full board will vote on the resolution at its meeting in April.

Andy Kravetz can be reached at 686-3283 or akravetz@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @andykravetz.